Chapter 100 Chapter 100

A blinding red light suddenly shone from the eyes of the giant stone dragon statue. The hourglass, which served as a key, also appeared after completing its mission, floating quietly in the air.

Under the desperate gaze of the crowd, the trembling of the stone statue gradually changed from slight to violent, and the existence sealed inside finally woke up. As the stone statue shook violently again, the outer shell of the stone statue completely cracked, revealing the original appearance of the giant dragon.

It was a giant dragon with a pure black body. Its golden eyes were briefly clear before being replaced by a chaotic scarlet color. It opened its mouth and roared. Under the impact of the strong sound waves, the already seriously injured mutants fell down one after another, with blood constantly gushing out of their mouths.

The puppeteer, who should have been a fragile person, stood there perfectly still. Under his control, the hourglass released a huge amount of energy, which abruptly broke the seal on the stone pillar. Without the restraint of the seal, the dragon body swung lightly, and the six thick chains were torn apart by the huge force and fell into the tan.

"It's over." Looking at this scene, even an idiot can understand that the situation is heading in a worse direction and there is no turning back. Dragon Lord is already very powerful. No matter which side he falls on, he will be a powerful enemy to the other side.

"Phoenix...Phoenix-Phoenix!" The giant dragon stared at the irrational scarlet eyes and kept murmuring the name of the phoenix. It had not spoken for a long time, and its voice was terribly hoarse.

It repeated the name of the phoenix over and over again. Each time it repeated it, its voice became louder and louder, until it finally turned into a roar, as if it was filled with endless hatred for the owner of the name.

"Phoenix, it's time to settle the grudge between you and me!"

After regaining its freedom, the inky dragon circled above the Dragon Locking Pond, then soared into the sky with a dragon roar, and left without caring about the lives of its allies who were working diligently to break the seal below.

Looking at the psychics who had slowed down and were ready to attack again, the puppeteer suddenly doubted whether he had made the right move, but when he saw the hourglass running normally, he suddenly felt relieved. No one could escape the control of that person, even if he was the Dragon Lord.

However, he really underestimated the bond between the two. Whether it was love or hate, after escaping the seal, he was actually determined to fight the Phoenix to the death. The Dragon Lord's unconventional move abruptly interrupted his next plan.

After the dragon left, the space began to shake violently without any warning. It was like a dying person who was holding on to his last breath and finally was liberated after completing his mission.

"Captain, the cave is about to collapse."

Now that the seal is gone, there is no need to defend this place any longer.

"Everyone listen up, evacuate within one minute."

"Want to leave? How can it be that easy?" A tall puppet suddenly appeared, blocking everyone's way. The puppeteer clapped his hands behind him, not caring about the falling rocks around him.

He looked at the hourglass in his hand and suddenly revealed a cruel smile: "What a great opportunity! You will be the opening act of this blood sacrifice. It is your honor to sacrifice your life for my God."

In order to quickly unlock the seal of the gate, in addition to relying on the power of the artifact, there is also the most troublesome and worst option, which is blood sacrifice - extracting the purest soul energy by killing the creatures of this world, and dissolving the seal completely by using the same energy.

The puppeteer felt it was a bit of a pity. He didn't want to waste these soul energies. After all, after they assimilated the core of this world, these energies could be used to create new members of the tribe.

But on second thought, it doesn't seem to matter. Dedicating everything they have to the Lord God is their mission, and these future tribesmen are just pledging allegiance to the Lord God in advance.

Thinking of this, the puppeteer no longer held back.

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The giant dragon was swimming in the sky, its inky black body standing out against the purple night sky. Controlling clouds and rain was the innate skill of the dragon race, so after he appeared, the sky was gradually filled with thick dark clouds, which were so dark that it was hard to breathe.

Amidst the thunder and lightning, the dragon was like a madman who had lost all reason, clamoring for the phoenix to appear, saying that he would settle the vengeance of the seal and continue the unfinished duel three thousand years ago. However, a long time passed and the phoenix did not appear.

The giant dragon seemed to have finally grown impatient with waiting, and laughed in anger: "Very good, Phoenix, don't you usually care about these creatures the most? If you don't come out, I will kill you. From now on, if you don't show up within an hour, I will kill all the creatures in the city. Let's see who will get impatient first or I will kill them all first!"

The dragon that only existed in myths and legends suddenly appeared and shouted that it wanted to seek revenge on the phoenix. This was beyond people's common sense, so much so that everyone's first reaction was not to run away, but to think: Could this be a government-sponsored event for the New Year? After all, with the current level of technology, it is easy to put a giant projection in the sky, and it is reasonable to bring a dragon out for a walk in the Year of the Dragon.

"But why call it Phoenix?"

"Dragon and phoenix are auspicious signs. Don't they usually appear in pairs?"

"That's true. The planning team is really attentive."

Just when people were still marveling at the magic of today's virtual projection technology, the dragon's speech of slaughtering the city was heard by everyone with incredible clarity.

Someone finally couldn't help but start to complain, and even showed the same expression as a certain pink mole: "You've watched too much of the ancient puppet show Marie Sue. Which goddess or demon king is this based on? You're going to massacre the city if you don't show up~ Oh, my heart..."

Before he could finish the last note, a thunderbolt struck the man's feet accurately. The sudden change frightened his brain on the spot, and he looked up with the same expression, only to see the pair of scarlet eyes staring at him.

The man looked up and sat paralyzed on the ground in fear.

Why did lightning strike? The weather forecast clearly said it would be sunny today. Was it really just a false projection? The moment he met those eyes, he felt as if his entire soul was about to be shattered into pieces.

Another thunderbolt fell, and with the word "outrageous", it split an entire building. At this time, people finally reacted, and screams of terror began to erupt from the crowd, struggling to flee in all directions.

The dragon listened calmly to the cries and screams below. It didn't care how many people escaped or died in the chaos. It only cared about the phoenix.

Why, why haven't you shown up yet? Do I have to do something more extreme before you will even look at me?

At the same time, in the meeting room of the Ability Bureau headquarters, everyone's face was pale. The big screen in front of them showed the figure of the giant dragon and the situation of the people below. Except for the sound in the video, everyone was silent.

Zhu He sighed: "It has finally come to this."

"The ground rescue team has arrived at the target location." The emotionless mechanical voice of the Nuwa system rang out, and everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Now they only hoped to do their best to reduce casualties, and they would rescue the dragon wherever it went. As for fighting with the Dragon Lord, at least no one dared to think about it now.

At first, they still had a bit of luck, thinking that since Dragon Lord was the strongest fighter three thousand years ago, what if he had a strong will and could stay awake? However, the image sent by Nuwa gave them a hard slap in the face.

There are not so many chances. All the miracles in this world are obtained at a huge price.

When the Dragon Lord was sealed, he was already infected with the freak syndrome. Although the disease has long disappeared, historical records still show how ferocious it once was. It can completely assimilate the infected person's body into a being that is identical to the freak, and it can also subtly distort the infected person's thinking.

No matter how much they hated the Strange before infection, they would become its loyal supporters after complete transformation, and even take the initiative to point their weapons at their former comrades. What's more terrible is that the transformation will even strengthen the infected to a certain extent. If they insist on fighting, they will only be asking for trouble.

Moreover, from an emotional point of view, Long Zun was a hero who had sacrificed his life to protect them, and they could not, no matter what, draw their swords against their benefactor without any grudge.

"Can we really deal with the Martial God from three thousand years ago..."

"The phoenix he wanted has already died, and after what he did, it's impossible for ordinary people to keep it a secret. We can't even determine how many people have been affected. Even if we want to eliminate them, there will inevitably be some who slip through the net."

"The video about this incident has gone viral online. The information department has tried to calm the heat, but it's still useless."

This is simply adding insult to injury. The powerful fighting force left by our ancestors has run away to the enemy, and the beautiful dream that dozens of generations have worked hard to create has also been shattered. If the Nuwa system has the function of detecting fear value, I am afraid it would have become popular everywhere by now.

Zhu He watched them discuss quietly, and then solemnly took out a document from his storage bag. The sharp-eyed people immediately recognized it and asked in surprise: "Isn't this the proposal that was rejected some time ago?"

The proposal advocates exposing the truth to the general public.

The reason for opposition was that it was too risky and if one was not careful the entire civilization would be destroyed. Therefore, not many people dared to take the risk at the time and there were only a few votes in favor.

Zhu He nodded, then shook his head: "Yes and no. I improved the plan based on the original one." He looked around and saw that everyone had different expressions.

"Entertainment." After a pause, he spoke again: "We have no choice now. We can only save ourselves on the worst possible basis. The biggest problem that bothers us now, besides the Dragon Lord, is fear, the fear of ordinary people towards the weird. Fear cannot be completely eliminated, so all we can do is weaken it, and entertainment is the best way."

"We can package people with special abilities. This is an era of entertainment to death, but this also happens to give us a ray of hope. Whether it is the program method or the live broadcast method, our goal is to make the public have positive emotions towards our special abilities, let them know that we can protect them, and thus weaken their fear of the weird."

In fact, people are like this. At first, they will be frightened by terrifying appearances and rumors, but when they know that someone is protecting them and their own safety will not be affected, the fear of the enemy will become insignificant.

"The specific implementation plan is in this document." Seeing that others were interested, Zhu He pushed the document to the center of the conference table, and soon the specialists began to circulate it.

"Now that things have come to this, we can only give it a try. It won't get any worse, right?" A specialist smiled miserably.

"If we had known this would happen, we should have voted and implemented it sooner, and we wouldn't be so passive now."

"It's not too late now. It's not completely irreversible yet." He congratulated.

In the end, the proposal was passed unanimously and was implemented immediately.